Program
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Yukon College
| 08:00-09:00 | |
REGISTRATION |
| 09:00 | |
OPENING SESSION Chairs: John Streicker and Paul Matheus |
| 09:05-09:15 | |
Welcome by Grand Chief, Eric Morris, Council of Yukon First Nations |
| 09:15-09:30 | |
Welcome by Yukon College President, Sally Webber |
| 09:30-09:55 | |
Antony Berger Rapid landscape changes of the past and their relevance today |
| 09:55-10:20 | |
David Liverman Geoindicators: tracking rapid geological change in the Arctic |
| 10:20-10:50 | |
BREAK |
| 10:50-11:35 | |
Keynote Lecture: Suzanne Leroy Rapid environmental changes and civilisation collapse: can we learn from them? |
| 11:35-12:00 | |
Marianne Douglas Secrets from the mud: lake sediments yield information on past environmental conditions |
| 12:00-13:30 | |
LUNCH |
| 13:30 | |
AFTERNOON SESSION Chairs: Scott Green and Don Youngblut |
| 13:30-13:55 | |
Lesleigh Anderson New Records of Climate Variability in the Southwest Yukon: Atmospheric Circulation Change in the North Pacific, Paleohydrology and Paleohumidity from Lacustrine Stable Oxygen Isotopes and a Lake Level Reconstruction |
| 13:55-14:20 | |
Fisher, David Stable Isotope Records from Mount Logan and Eclipse Ice Cores and Nearby Jellybean Lake; Water Cycle of the North Pacific over 2000 years and Over 5 Vertical Kilometers; Sudden Shifts and Tropical Connections |
| 14:20-14:55 | |
Chris Burn Permafrost response to climate change: lessons from the Takhini River valley, southern Yukon Territory |
| 14:55-15:25 | |
BREAK |
| 15:25-15:50 | |
Marina Leibman Cryogenic (active-layer detachment) slides and climate fluctuations in the Arctic plains |
| 15:50-16:15 | |
Alexander Kizyakov Tabular ground ice and dynamics of the Arctic coasts |
| 16:15-17:00 | |
Introduction to Posters |
| 17:00 | |
Return to downtown Whitehorse |
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Yukon College
| 09:00 | |
MORNING SESSION Chairs: Lesleigh Anderson and Thom Heyd |
| 09:00-09:25 | |
Oleg Raspopov Sharp change of atmospheric circulation over Northern Scandinavia around 4,000-3,500 BP: evidence from dendrochronological data |
| 09:25-09:50 | |
Brian Luckman Dendrochronological studies across the Yukon Territory |
| 09:50-10:15 | |
Ryan Danby Dendroecological and Photographic Evidence of Recent Change at the Forest-Tundra Ecotone in Southwest Yukon |
| 10:15-10:45 | |
BREAK |
| 10:45-11:30 | |
Keynote Lecture: Julie Brigham-Grette Arctic Environments for Humans since Stage 3 |
| 11:30-11:55 | |
Don Youngblut Tree-ring evidence of climate-forest fire linkages, SW Yukon |
| 11:55-12:20 | |
Jill Johnstone Provoking Change: Interactions between fire, climate, and forests in the boreal zone |
| 12:20-13:55 | |
LUNCH |
| 13:55 | |
AFTERNOON SESSION Chairs: James Ford and Karl Gad |
| 13:55-14:40 | |
Keynote Lecture: Holmes Rolston III Perpetual perishing, perpetual renewal |
| 14:40-15:05 | |
Suzanne Carrière Continental changes in fire, hares and birch defence: management implications and further research |
| 15:05-15:30 | |
Scott Green Adaptive strategies in seedlings of three co-occurring, ecologically distinct Northern coniferous tree species across an elevational gradient |
| 15:30-16:00 | |
BREAK |
| 16:00-17:00 | |
Panel Discussion: How Do We Make Paleo-research Relevant for Communities & People Today? Chair: Antony Berger Panel: Marianne Douglas, Chris Burn, Sheila Greer, Cindy Dickson |
| 17:00 | |
Return to downtown Whitehorse |
Friday, June 17, 2005
Yukon College
| 09:00 | |
MORNING SESSION Chairs: Michael Westlake and Alexandr Kizyakov |
| 09:00-09:20 | |
Kevin Edwards Landscapes of impact and contrast in the Norse North Atlantic |
| 09:20-09:50 | |
Petra Mudie The last journey of the 550-year old Long Ago Person Found, a frozen body from Northern BC |
| 09:50-10:15 | |
Luis Borrero Human Responses to Rapid Change in Fuego-Patagonia at the End of the Pleistocene |
| 10:15-10:45 | |
BREAK |
| 10:45-11:30 | |
Keynote Lecture: Nick Brooks Risk, vulnerability and adaptation: what can the past tell us about the future? |
| 11:30-11:55 | |
Greg Hare The Effect of the White River Ash on the Archaeological Record: A View from the Yukon Alpine |
| 11:55-12:20 | |
Trevor Bell Seals, Sea Ice, and Settlement Stability: Dorset Palaeoeskimo Expansion and Contraction in Newfoundland |
| 12:20-13:30 | |
LUNCH |
| 13:30 | |
AFTERNOON SESSION Chairs: John Streicker and Tristan Pearce |
| 13:30-13:55 | |
Wayne Howell Huna Tlingit perceptions and response to the Little Ice Age advance in Glacier Bay, Alaska |
| 13:55-14:20 | |
James Ford The human implications of climate change for indigenous communities in the Arctic: what we can learn from past and present responses |
| 14:20-14:45 | |
William Horne The Pertinence of Arctic Exploration Literature: Samuel Hearne's "Journey" |
| 14:45-15:20 | |
BREAK |
| 15:20-15:45 | |
Karl Gad Use of Newspaper Content to Explore Adaptation to Climate Generated Stresses in the Yukon |
| 15:45-16:10 | |
Thom Heyd Human Responsibility and Rapid Environmental Change |
| 16:10-17:30 | |
Closing discussion |
| 17:30 | |
Return to downtown Whitehorse |
| 19:00 | |
Social event |